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Technical Manual: Conduits through Embankment Dams (FEMA 484)

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<strong>Conduits</strong> <strong>through</strong> <strong>Embankment</strong> <strong>Dams</strong>Sonic caliper: An instrument that utilizes pulses to measure the distance betweentwo points.Spacer: A specially fabricated material used during the sliplining of conduits to keepa smaller diameter pipe centered within the larger diameter pipe.Spall (ACI, 2000): A fragment, usually in the shape of a flake, detached from alarger mass by a blow, by action of weather, pressure, or expansion within the largermass.Specifications: The written requirements for materials, equipment, constructionsystems, and standards.Spectral Analysis of Surface Waves (SASW): A nondestructive, geophysicalprocedure for characterizing in-situ materials based on the principle that differentmaterials have varying surface (Rayleigh) wave velocities. Surface wave data fromgeophones and small seismic sources are processed with specialized computersoftware to evaluate material properties, such as density, stratification, and locationof voids.Spigot: The plain end of a bell and spigot pipe. The spigot is inserted into the bellend of the next pipe.Spillway (<strong>FEMA</strong>, 2004): A structure, over or <strong>through</strong> which water is dischargedfrom a reservoir. If the rate of flow is controlled by mechanical means, such asgates, it is considered a controlled spillway. If the geometry of the spillway is theonly control, it is considered an uncontrolled spillway.Auxiliary (<strong>FEMA</strong>, 2004): Any secondary spillway that is designed to beoperated infrequently, possibly in anticipation of some degree of structuraldamage or erosion to the spillway that would occur during operation.Emergency (<strong>FEMA</strong>, 2004): See Spillway, auxiliary.Service (<strong>FEMA</strong>, 2004): A spillway that is designed to provide continuous orfrequent regulated or unregulated releases from a reservoir, without significantdamage to either the dam or its appurtenant structures. This is also referred toas principal spillway.Spray lining: The application of cement mortar or epoxy resin against the insidewalls of an existing conduit, using a revolving spray head moved <strong>through</strong> theconduit.Stability (ASCE, 2000): The resistance to sliding, overturning, or collapsing.416

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